Nothing cringe about the byzantines, I study the Romans myself, so I have no room to judge. If you could learn Koine or Attic it would still be useful, given some of byzantine history would still have been using koine for the lower classes and some attic for the upper. I guess I'm biased though, the only kind of Greek I know is attic. Regardless, good luck with your studies! Καί χαιρε εν τον χρονον νεον!
Yes but no but kinda. Although definitely a part of the roman system, Byzantium definitely went more Greek in some ways than Rome, and had several marked unique cultural developments. Were they roman? Yes. But is it different enough to be a distinguishable period of history? Also yes.
Nothing cringe about the byzantines, I study the Romans myself, so I have no room to judge. If you could learn Koine or Attic it would still be useful, given some of byzantine history would still have been using koine for the lower classes and some attic for the upper. I guess I'm biased though, the only kind of Greek I know is attic. Regardless, good luck with your studies! Καί χαιρε εν τον χρονον νεον!
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Yes but no but kinda. Although definitely a part of the roman system, Byzantium definitely went more Greek in some ways than Rome, and had several marked unique cultural developments. Were they roman? Yes. But is it different enough to be a distinguishable period of history? Also yes.